Triathlon, race to cause Staten Island road closures

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Look out for road closures tomorrow as traffic shuts down for the annual Green Brook Racing Flat as a Pancake Triathlon and the Sgt. Doreen Scrimenti Scholarship Race.

Capodanno Boulevard will be closed to traffic during the triathlon and no parking will be allowed from 8 until 11:30 a.m. between Robin Road and Greeley Avenue in South Beach. Vehicles not removed from the roadway before race time will be ticketed and towed.

Streets throughout New Brighton and Livingston will also be closed tomorrow morning for the Sgt. Doreen Scrimenti Scholarship Race, honoring the native Staten Islander who was killed in a car accident in January 1999. The 3.1 mile run will wind its way through the streets around Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Livingston.

The following roads will be closed to traffic and parking from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.:

Lafayette Avenue from Fillmore Street to Henderson Avenue

Cassidy Place from Tysen Street to Lafayette

Clinton Street from Van Buren Street to Henderson

Gordon Place from Snug Harbor to Tysen

Fillmore from Clinton to Tysen

Tysen from Fillmore to Henderson

Henderson from Clinton to Davis Avenue

Bard Avenue from Henderson to Richmond Terrace

Walnut Street from Davis to Kissel Avenue

Kissel from Henderson to Snug Harbor Road

Delafield Place from Kissel to Davis

Snug Harbor Road from Delafield to Richmond Terrace

Linden Place from Bard to Kissel

The race begins at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of Lafayette and Fillmore and ends in front of St. Paul's Elementary School, New Brighton.

Police urge motorists to avoid the area and use Castleton Avenue, Victory Boulevard and Broadway as alternate routes.